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cloonan

/klˈunən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
cloo-nan
IPA
/klˈunən/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cluanáin (“descendant of Cluanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of cluanach (“deceitful”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Cluanáin

Inflected Forms

Cloonans (plural)

Rhymes With

noonan coonan doonan

Questions

How do you pronounce cloonan?
The recorded pronunciation is /klˈunən/.
What does cloonan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does cloonan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce cloonan

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